id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 7864 Boost.Context fails to build with Visual Studio Marshall Clow olli "In the 1.53.0 beta1, Boost.Context fails to build: {{{ C:\VC\boost_1_53_0_beta1>b2 --build-type=complete msvc.link.dll bin.v2\libs\context\build\msvc-11.0\debug\threading-multi\boost_context-vc110-mt-gd-1_53.dll Creating library bin.v2\libs\context\build\msvc-11.0\debug\threading-multi\boost_context-vc110-mt-gd-1_53.lib and object bin.v2\libs\context\build\msvc-11.0\ debug\threading-multi\boost_context-vc110-mt-gd-1_53.exp make_i386_ms_pe_masm.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __exit referenced in function _make_fcontext LINK : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __DllMainCRTStartup@12 bin.v2\libs\context\build\msvc-11.0\debug\threading-multi\boost_context-vc110-mt-gd-1_53.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals }}} On the boost list, Tom Kent reported: I'm showing the same errors for all visual studio versions I run (VC8, VC9, VC10, and VC11) with 32&64 bit complies. " Bugs closed Boost 1.53.0 context Boost 1.52.0 Showstopper fixed